﻿ALASKA 
  nSHERIES 
  AND 
  FUR 
  INDUSTRIES 
  IN 
  I9J4. 
  

  

  By 
  Ward 
  T. 
  Bower, 
  Agent, 
  and 
  Henry 
  D. 
  Aller. 
  Assistant. 
  

  

  INTRODUCTION, 
  

  

  The 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Fisheries 
  in 
  Alaska 
  naturally 
  divides 
  

   itself 
  into 
  three 
  branches: 
  (a) 
  The 
  enforcement 
  of 
  the 
  law 
  and 
  regu- 
  

   lations 
  for 
  the 
  protection 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  proper 
  and 
  the 
  operation 
  of 
  

   hatcheries, 
  (b) 
  the 
  administration 
  of 
  the 
  fur-seal 
  fisheries, 
  and 
  (c) 
  the 
  

   minor 
  fur-bearing 
  animal 
  service. 
  

  

  The 
  activities 
  pertaining 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  "branch 
  consist 
  of 
  the 
  enforce- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  the 
  law 
  and 
  regulations 
  for 
  the 
  protection 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries, 
  

   together 
  with 
  such 
  investigations 
  of 
  a 
  scientific 
  and 
  economic 
  nature 
  

   as 
  the 
  limited 
  personnel 
  and 
  funds 
  will 
  permit. 
  In 
  addition 
  a 
  sta- 
  

   tistical 
  review 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  and 
  methods 
  is 
  prepared 
  each 
  year. 
  

   The 
  operation 
  of 
  Government 
  hatcheries 
  and 
  the 
  supervision 
  of 
  

   private 
  hatcheries 
  constitute 
  another 
  phase 
  of 
  this 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  

   service. 
  

  

  The 
  fur-seal 
  service 
  embraces 
  (a) 
  the 
  administration 
  of 
  the 
  Pribilof 
  

   Islands 
  Reservation, 
  including 
  the 
  management 
  of 
  the 
  fur-seal 
  and 
  

   the 
  fox 
  herds 
  and 
  the 
  care 
  of 
  the 
  native 
  inhabitants; 
  (b) 
  the 
  enforce- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  the 
  law 
  for 
  the 
  protection 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  fur-seal 
  herd 
  

   elsewhere 
  in 
  Alaska 
  and 
  by 
  extension 
  to 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Coast 
  States; 
  and 
  

   (c) 
  the 
  selling 
  of 
  the 
  fur-seal 
  skins 
  and 
  fox 
  skins 
  taken 
  annually 
  upon 
  

   the 
  Pribilof 
  Islands. 
  

  

  The 
  minor 
  fur-bearing 
  animal 
  service 
  consists 
  in 
  enforcing 
  the 
  law 
  

   and 
  regulations 
  for 
  the 
  protection 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  fur-bearing 
  animals 
  

   in 
  Alaska, 
  which 
  obligation 
  was 
  imposed 
  upon 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  

   Commerce 
  by 
  an 
  act 
  of 
  Congress 
  in 
  1910, 
  with 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  sta- 
  

   tistics 
  and 
  other 
  useful 
  information 
  pertaining 
  to 
  these 
  animals 
  and 
  to 
  

   the 
  fur 
  Indus 
  tr}?-. 
  

  

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